SAG Elects Ken Howard President

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Ken Howard scored his second big win this week. Screen Actors Guild members elected the veteran character actor, who on Sunday won an Emmy for his role in HBO’s “Grey Gardens,” as the group’s new president, capping a bitter election campaign that divided Hollywood’s largest union.

Howard soundly defeated “In the Heat of the Night” actress Anne-Marie Johnson, SAG’s first vice president, who was backed by the faction that swept outgoing president Alan Rosenberg into office four years ago. A coalition led by Howard consolidated its power on the national board, winning a majority of the 22 seats up for grabs on the 69-member board.

That further tilts the balance of power inside the 125,000-member union toward a group of moderate actors endorsed by Tom Hanks and George Clooney who led a revolt against the union’s leadership.



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